Quotessence
Home / Topics / Luck Quotes

Luck Quotes

Browse 2502 quotes about Luck.

Related topics

Good LuckIfsPeopleThinkingLuckyBad LuckMenKnowsWayBelieveHardOpportunityChanceWorldWantHappensNeedsLittlesWellsFortuneHard WorkTalentMayTryingMatterHas BeensSometimesGivingYearsMadeLongKindMindWritingInspirationalWinningWishFirstsShouldPersonsPlayPreparationSaidSkillsStillsEnoughGamblingLooksRunningMeanMomentsPreparedTwoDoeFeelsFunnyLifeLife IsFateTurnsBest Of LuckBornMightWaitingI CanIllSuccessfulPlansWould BeAbilityGood FortuneI BelieveActorsBookCoursesHandsSeemsSidesDoneDreamGamesImportantRight TimeAccidentsBitsFactsHelpingLastsMotivationalBusinessCharacterChildrenChoicesDon't BelieveHappenedMoneySaying Good LuckAbleActionEndsmore

Luck Quotes

“[It is hard to know what is good luck and what isn't and therefore whether we should be happy or sad about it. Only time will tell. For example...] The Talmud relates a story about two people who wanted to travel by boat. One broke his foot and was unable to make the trip, while his friend got on the boat. The one who missed the boat cursed his misfortune. A few days later, however, he heard that the boat sank and all the passengers drowned.”

PeopleKnowsShouldTwoHardStoriesWantedHeardFeetExampleLuckBoatBrokeRelateMisfortunesAnticipationOnly TimeGood LuckCursedPassengersTime Will TellOnly Time Will Tell
Author:Zelig Pliskin
Create image

“it must be plain also that we should not anxiously strive for riches and honors by relying on our own diligence or cleverness or by depending on the favor of men or by trusting in the notion of good luck, but that we should always expect the Lord to direct us to the lot he has provided for us.”

MenShouldLordHonorDirectLuckStriveNotionRichesFavorsGood LuckDiligenceCleverness
Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life
Create image

“There's one bright spot in the generally gloomy picture know as the Pacific Conflict Zone. According to my calculations, by the year 2500 or so we should have killed off every last member of our species who is stupid enough to take part in so futile a pastime as this war between "ideals," and with luck they won't have left their genes behind because they'll typically have been killed at an age when society thinks they're too young to assume the responsibility of childbearing. After that we may get some peace and quiet for a change.”

ThinkingKnowsShouldYearsMayHas BeensWarEnoughAgeLastsYoungLeftBehindsResponsibilityStupidQuietConflictMembersIdealsShould HaveLuckAssumingSpeciesSpotsZoneGenesCalculationsPacificGloomyPastimePeace And QuietChildbearing
Author:John Brunner
Create image

“Fate knows all about you, it knows your fears and your weaknesses and your confidences and strengths, and it can be ready for all of them when it decides that the time is right. It can move you like a pawn in a terrible game of chess, sacrifice you for the good of others, drop you from a building you should never have been inside, give you a disease that no one has ever heard of. Luck and chance are impartial. Fate is active. It picks on people. Almost as if it thinks about things too much.”

PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingShouldHas BeensMovingGamesChanceToo MuchFateHeardSacrificeBuildingReadyTerribleDiseasePicksWeaknessLuckActiveChessChances ArePawnsConfidence And Strength
Book:Face
Create image

“Now, if we understand what unlucky persons are, we shall see that they are to be shunned, or that we are to consort with them only out of kindness or from sympathy, but without joining our interests with theirs; for they are persons who are not harmonious with the condition of things around them, and are as much at issue with life as a bird who should try to live in the water, or a fish to float in the air.”

IfsShouldTryingPersonsInterestWaterKindnessIssuesAirConditionsBirdLuckFishesFloatsJoiningHarmoniousUnlucky
Author:James Vila Blake
Create image

“There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good - though in the short run, it's difficult to determine whether a great record is due to luck or talent. Most advisors, however, are far better at generating high fees than they are at generating high returns. In truth, their core competence is salesmanship. Rather than listen to their siren songs, investors - large and small - should instead read Jack Bogle's The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.”

ShouldLittlesBookRunningSongCoursesDifficultCommonRecordsTalentReturnLuckInvestmentInvestingVery GoodDetermineDuesCoreCommon SenseManagersInvestorsCompetenceFeesSirensAdvisorsSalesmanshipSiren Song
Author:Warren Buffett
Create image

“My wish and hope, every year, is that people's life chances - their chances of having a happy, prosperous, healthy life for themselves and their family and friends - should not depend on accident of birth. It shouldn't depend on where you're born. It should depend on who you are and what you do. But it shouldn't depend on the chance and the luck of being born in the U.S. or in a poor village in Sub-Saharan Africa or India or wherever it may be.”

PeopleShouldYearsMayWishBornChancePoorDependsBirthHealthyIndiaLuckWho You AreAccidentsVillageFamily And FriendsProsperousHealthy LifeMy WishWishes And HopesSub Saharan Africa
Author:Michael Elliott
Create image

“Now, in economic crises times, the kind of things you're looking at is it's generally harder to get capital, revenue growth may be more, revenue lines may be unstable or growth may be less easy to predict that you're going to get to. And so what you do is you take a certain conservative approach of when, as all entrepreneurs should do, you plan for both good luck and bad luck, you put extra time on, "Okay, if I have bad luck, what do I do about that?"”

IfsShouldKindMayCertainEasyGrowthLinesPlansEconomicApproachOkayHarderCrisisLuckEntrepreneurConservativeExtrasRevenueGood LuckUnstableBad LuckEconomic CrisisExtra Time
Author:Reid Hoffman
Create image

“The children were overwhelmingly morbid. Not a single adult asked me where butterflies go when they die, but this question was more popular than pixie sticks with the under-four-foot set. I cursed parents for not preparing their children. When I was five, my mother and sister sat me up on the kitchen counter and explained the facts of life: the Easter Bunny didn't exist, Elijah was God's invisible friend, with any luck Nana would die soon, and if I ever saw a unicorn, I should kill it or catch it for cash. I turned out okay.”

IfsShouldChildrenFactsMotherDiesParentFiveSawsFourFeetAdultsOkayLuckSticksInvisibleSatKitchenCashButterflyPreparingEasterCursedFacts Of LifeUnicornMorbidBunniesElijahPixiesEaster Bunny
Book:I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Create image

“Now I'm hot and bothered, and wondering why my new neighbor isn't putting the moves on me." "Maybe he doesn't want to push you too far, too fast and scare you off." Gideon's eyes glittered in the light of the television. "Is that so?" He nuzzled his nose against my temple. "If he has half a brain, he'd know not to let you get away." Oh... "Maybe I should make the first move," I whispered, wrapping my fingers around his wrist. "But what if he thinks I'm too easy?" "He'll be too busy thinking he's damned luck.”

IfsThinkingKnowsWantShouldFirstsLightEyeMovingEasyBrainHalfWonderTelevisionHotLuckFingersBusyNeighborNosesTemplesGet AwayWhat IfScareBotheredToo BusyWristsWrappingGideon
Book:The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day
Create image

“Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I don't believe that anymore-this is not to say that you should strive for a high level of stupidity. My point is that luck is a big part of many successes, so (a) don't get too bummed out when you see a bozo succeed; and (b) luck favors the people who try stuff, not simply think and analyze. As the Chinese say, "One must wait for a long time with your mouth open before a Peking duck flies in your mouth."”

PeopleIfsThinkingShouldTryingBelieveLongBigsUsedStuffWaitingLevelsLuckySucceedLong TimeSmartMouthsLuckCompetitionStriveDon't BelieveStupidityFavorsChineseDucksBeing SmartHigh LevelBummed Out
Author:Guy Kawasaki
Create image

“When Maryam Babangida and Mariam Abacha built the Women Centre and the National Hospital they did not carry the buildings when they left government. I will not go with the peace mission building. Women should resist being used to kick against the project. If the project was for men the budget for the project would have long been passed.”

IfsMenShouldLongGovernmentUsedLeftBuildingProjectsBuiltLuckMissionsBudgetsKicksHospitalsCentreGood Luck
Author:Patience Jonathan
Create image

“Further, the same Arguments which explode the Notion of Luck, may, on the other side, be useful in some Cases to establish a due comparison between Chance and Design: We may imagine Chance and Design to be, as it were, in Competition with each other, for the production of some sorts of Events, and may calculate what Probability there is, that those Events should be rather be owing to the one than to the other.”

ShouldMayScienceSidesChanceCasesImagineEventsDesignArgumentLuckCompetitionNotionProductionsDuesComparisonProbabilityOwing
Author:Abraham de Moivre
Create image

“I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it. I knew that I was learning one of the most important lessons of my life: that instead of waiting for the perfect opportunity, I should work toward a realization that every opportunity is perfect. Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for growth. Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.”

IfsShouldImportantSelfMomentsOpportunityHeavenWaitingGrowthPerfectCompassionPossibilityCircumstancesLessonsDespairReflectionDifficultyLuckSeedsI RealizedRealizationSelf ReflectionImportant LessonsHeaven Sent
Author:Suzan-Lori Parks
Create image

“But you're not really allowed to complain about any of this, You're just supposed to be grateful. And obviously-I get it. You're lucky and you should appreciate your luck. But, I mean, it just seems if you even hint that there's a bad side to any of this people will be like-Liar! I guess it's because people want to have it as a dream”

PeopleIfsWantShouldMeanDreamSeemsSidesFameLuckyAppreciateLuckGratefulComplainingSupposed To BeLiarsBe GratefulHintsAppreciate You
Author:Robert Pattinson
Create image

“For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.”

ShouldWritingTryingBookSometimesDoneSucceedLuckNew BeginningsAttainmentTry Again
Book:Green Hills of Africa: The Hemingway Library Edition
Create image

“Things worthwhile generally don’t just happen. Luck is a fact, but should not be a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Negligence or indifference are usually reviewed from an unlucky seat. The law of cause and effect and causality both work the same with inexorable exactitudes. Luck is the residue of design.”

ShouldFactsHappensLawLeftCausesEffortEffectsDesignLuckFactorsIndifferenceSeatsWorthwhileGood LuckCause And EffectUnluckyInexorableNegligenceCausalityExactitude
Author:Branch Rickey
Create image

“All that we make and do is shaped by the communities and traditions that contain us, not to mention by money, power, politics, and luck. And even should the artist or scientist think she has extracted herself from the world to stand alone in the studio, a tremendous array of faculties and mind-states may well attend her creativity.”

ThinkingWorldShouldMindWellsMayStatesArtistCommunityCreativityTraditionScientistLuckStudiosFacultyStand AloneMoney PowerPower Politics
Book:Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership
Create image

“To gain paying customers you'll need to focus on attracting the right followers, and not just on attracting the most. Communicate often with useful information to increase your value, and focus on pitching your product in a genuine way. Make sure you have a professional web presence, and with any luck, you should start noticing your efforts pay off.”

WayNeedsShouldValuesEffortPayFocusInformationProductsGainsIncreaseLuckCommunicateCustomersGenuineFollowersNoticingPitchingUseful Information
Author:David Rusenko
Create image